different between effable vs explicable

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin eff?bilis (effor (“I utter”) + -able).

Adjective

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

1. (archaic) Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.

   Antonym: ineffable

   • 1996: "Rendering the Ineffable Effable" by Richard Cracroft

     This attempt by Joseph Smith Jr. to render effable the sublime and ineffable, to contain in words the appearance of the Father and the Son to him on that long ago spring morning in 1820...

Etymology 2

Back-formation from eff (“fuck”) + -able.

Adjective

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

1. (slang, vulgar) Fuckable; sexually attractive.

English

Etymology

From Latin explicabilis, from explic? (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spl?k?b?l/

Adjective

explicable

1. Able to be explained.

Synonyms

• (able to be explained): explainable, explicatable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• inexplicable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ks.pli?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eks.pli?ka.ble/

Adjective

explicable (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Further reading

• “explicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “explicable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “explicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “explicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spli.kabl/

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• expliquer

Further reading

• “explicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• explicábel

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Adjective

explicable m or f (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.